Snow Day #2

So two days after the first big snow 

we got maybe another 6(ish) inches.

After lunch we headed out to play.

Derek attached suspenders to my snow pants b/c I had to

 leave them unzipped.

Daniel was a toasty bun in my oven.

 MiKayla finally braved the cold and then ate the snow off the bushes.

Snow angels

The way it sits on the bushes and trees is beautiful.

My lovely ladies.

I love the snow, I only wish we had our cousins to play with.

First Big Snow At the End of 2012

The day after Christmas we had a pretty big snow.

Somewhere around six inches
maybe more I'm not sure.

MiKayla decided she didn't like the cold 

and insisted on sitting on the front porch.

Then she feel asleep and I wrapped her in a blanket

but left her on the porch so I could hear her.

Derek built a serious snowball bunker.

Mom and Dad against the kids!

Christmas 2012

Like I said in my earlier post, we had all been

 recouping from the flu.

Our bodies were exhausted still.

So Christmas eve we watched Ice Age 4

and headed to bed.

The girls all slept in till 10!

The themes of the day were legos, play-doh, pop the pig,

lalaloopsy, and wii dance.

We missed the TX family but

it was a good day.

Happy New Years Peeps!

Kaveri's 6th Birthday- Sorta

In the early morning of the day

Kaveri's bday party was planned,

she woke up with extremely high fever and

flu like symptoms.

Canceled.....

But she had previously picked out

a cake and daddy had picked it up.

We tried to make the best of it.

She had spent the entire day in a momma-made pallet

on the living room floor.

She wanted to blow out her candles and eat some cake.....

she thought.

But alas the cake "taste weird" and back to bed she went.

Her condition worsened over the next flu few days

and slowly infected the rest of the house.

But when she was feeling better on tylenol and motrin, she opened 

her presents.

I really wanted to re-do her bday party the next weekend,

but by then we were all infected except for Derek.

It lasted 7-10 days for each of us.

We were feeling better and finally fever free

just in time for Christmas.

Hopefully I can figure out something special for her.

Hanukkah 2012

* This post will start my December blogs in order *

The week of Hanukkah went by extremely fast.

Derek made the BEST homemade latkes= potato pancakes.

Served with sour cream and apple sauce.

And of course we played lots of dreidel. 

The winners for the week: Me,Derek, and MiKayla :)

We also had a huge celebration at church and everyone 

forgot their cameras :(

Kirstin performed a dance during worship

and they all won prizes for answering

Hanukkah questions:)

Gramma Came to Visit

Gramma Donna came to visit for 

about 5 nights.

The girls were so excited it felt

like she packed gramma crack

in her suitcase. 

They were a little crazy!

We mostly hung out at the house.

She and the girls spent a couple of days makin'

all my favorite Christmas cookies.

Every year she visits in December and brings all the 

girls jammies.

One special memory about gramma is

her daily walks she takes the girls on :)

They always have little adventures.

Love her!

On a side note: 

Hanukkah is in full swing and we are getting ready 

to celebrate Kaveri's 6TH birthday!!!!

It's A........

So I went to the doctor on Monday.

I was 19 weeks and 2 days.

The ultrasound took a little over an hour

to get all the measurements and such.

The baby was extra wiggly :)

So wiggly in fact that this is the best picture I have to show you.

About 35 minutes in she said "I can see the gender. You want to know?"

me-"um yes!"

her-"well i clearly see genitalia."

me-"what does that mean? don't we all have genitalia?"

her-"Its a BOY!"

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Alright now everybody get up and do the 

Misti's baby has a penis dance for sixty seconds.

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Now if you want, you can do it again!

When she said it, I cried.

I'm so excited!

I did truthfully believe it was a boy before the ultrasound.

I was shocked in a way but it was more confirmation.

Top 5 reasons I knew it was a boy in my heart:

1- God told me I would have a son someday

2-I have been so sick I have yet to gain a single pound 

3-From the minute I found out I was pregnant 

we have all been referring to the baby as "he,"

it just came naturally 

4-My hair looks and feels like a dead wig

(usually my hair gets thicker and really shiny)

5- I have had no cravings at all.

(my usual go to craving is sweets)

I am so happy to have my four girls but it's our time for a boy.

I'm excited to shop in the boy department.

I'm nervous about changing boy diapers.

I'm anxious to see what he will look like.

All of the girls are thrilled.

Derek is elated. 

We have had his name chosen for months.

Daniel Eliyahu DeGraeve.

Eliyahu is the hebrew spelling for Elijah.

IT'S A BOY!!!!

do you have blue clothes? send them to me lol ;-)